NEWPORT MEDIATION
The provision Conflict resolution services ( mediation /conflict support ) within the geographical area of South Wales .Also accredited and informal training and learning provision with regards to conflict Resolution
Objects
1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITH A VIEW TO PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER, THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION BETWEEN PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN DISPUTE OR CONFLICT WHICH RESULTS FROM, OR MAY LEAD TO, ACTS OF NUISANCE, VANDALISM, RACIAL ABUSE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC IN METHODS OF SUCH MEDITATION AND CONCILIATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF SUCH DISPUTE AND MEANS OF MANAGING IT.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £5,056.31, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £26,021.01. The trustees consider these reserves to provide necessary financial stability for continued progress. However, the risk policy notes that the major risk facing the trustees remains the continuation of adequate funding.
What the accounts disclose
“The Trustees are aware of the need for reserves to meet statutory liabilities are necessary and have endeavoured to set aside monies for this purpose including any possible clawbacks or redundancies, commitments and development of the service outside of the present marketplace.” — page 16
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 5
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £13,334 — contracts £6,667 (1), grants £6,667 (1); 49% of the £27,087 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 10
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 18/03/2026, 46 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).
Trustees
- David Evans Berry
- Helen Ellul
- Melanie Baldwin
- Robert Charles Lynbeck
- Tim Masters
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £27k | £27k |
| 31/03/2024 | £27k | £27k |
| 31/03/2023 | £25k | £31k |
| 31/03/2022 | £43k | £39k |
| 31/03/2021 | £16k | £22k |
Common questions
Is NEWPORT MEDIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £5,056.31, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £26,021.01. The trustees consider these reserves to provide necessary financial stability for continued progress. However, the risk policy notes that the major risk facing the trustees remains the continuation of adequate funding. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Thorne & Co. Accountants.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 29/03/2024 | £8k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 01/07/2021 | £10k | COVID-19 Beyond Covid |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/10/2018 | £9k | Conflict Support |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/09/2005 | £3k | Unspecified |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST | 1 | £10k |
| THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £2k |
| THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £2k |
| JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £1k |
| THE TORY FAMILY FOUNDATION | 1 | £1k |
| THE HIVE PORTSMOUTH | 1 | £971 |
Charities like this
- WANDSWORTH MEDIATION SERVICE
- PORTSMOUTH MEDIATION SERVICE
- MEDIATION PLUS
- ASHFORD MEDIATION SERVICE
- LAMBETH MEDIATION SERVICE
- CALM MEDIATION
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWPORT MEDIATION | £27k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WANDSWORTH MEDIATION SERVICE | £103k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| PORTSMOUTH MEDIATION SERVICE | £223k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| MEDIATION PLUS | £264k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ASHFORD MEDIATION SERVICE | £52k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| LAMBETH MEDIATION SERVICE | £48k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |